Termination of responsibility mark

The registration of a responsibility mark is valid for three years at a time. If you do not renew the registration of your responsibility mark, it will end automatically, and you do not need to do anything. 

However, if you wish, you can terminate the registration of the responsibility mark prior to this by using the Terminating the registration of a responsibility mark form (in Finnish) in the e-service. Terminating the registration is free of charge. If you terminate the registration during the three-year period, you will not be refunded for the costs already incurred. 

The history of a responsibility mark will remain visible in the public responsibility mark register. The information listed for a responsibility mark includes the company’s name, its locality, year of first registration and year in which registration came to an end, e.g. 2001–2019. If you do not want your company’s name and locality to be publicly visible, you can change this in the e-service using the same form that you use to terminate a responsibility mark. 

The marking tools do not need to be returned to Tukes, but please ensure that they are properly disposed of or stored so that they do not fall into the wrong hands.

The responsibility mark will be set to a ten-year waiting period from the date of termination. This means that during those ten years, only  the previous holder of the responsibility mark can apply for responsibility mark in question. The aim is to prevent any confusion as to which party is responsible for products carrying the responsibility mark.  A responsibility marks with symbols cannot be applied for again at all, but it is possible to apply for it to be reinstated in the register in some situations.